The Applegreen Cat

Pat and Jean Abbott are in Britain in this World War II murder mystery.

"I was being watched!"

"The room was black and the light switch didn't work. I moved towards the table. I could feel the eyes boring into me. Where was Pat? Or was I too late? Then I saw the dark shape between me and the door. I was trapped. I lost my head and ran. Suddenly there was a flash of light and the roar of a gun…"

Jean and Pat Abbott, famous detective team, were weekend guests at Stephen Heywards' country house—a house seething with menace and intrigue. Chief troublemaker was Lorna Erickson, whose stunning beauty and feline malice made her unanimously feared and hated. Then murder struck at a harmless servant girl, and Jean Abbott, who had by chance overheard a strange conversation, became the next target of a desperate killer.